The Fighter clarifies opaqueness and nullifies hype with straight-forward true to concept certitude.

Nullified hype.... yeah, that makes it a good looking machine. Gotta love the cutting edge technology of a girder fork front suspension system.

Tracker

10-30-2008, 07:49 AM

There's the startling, dare we say sexy, design that fuses raw power with crisp simplicity. It's an evolution of the machine, at once taken back down to its core elements while being reinvented and re-engineered for optimal performance. It's our street-legal sci-fi dream come to life, in the form of the limited-edition Fighter Motorcycle. Ours exclusively courtesy of Confederate Motor CompanyŽ, the first ever Fighter packs 190 mph of performance into its cutting edge carbon fiber, titanium, and aluminum chassis. There's the 64" wheelbase, 27"H seat, integrated braking system, lots of high-tech bells and whistles, and custom NM edition features. But, honestly, ride it once and you'll be too jacked up on adrenaline to remember all the details. (To view them in all their glory,

Where do you start?
"dare we say sexy" no
"crisp simplicity" simplicity, um, no.
"taken back down to its core elements" :brainsnap
"integrated braking system" as opposed to carbon fiber sneakers?
"high-tech bells and whistles" I don't see a bell or a whistle

They must have used one of the Starbuck's copywriters for this copy. :yawn:

Sleepy Weasel

10-30-2008, 08:09 AM

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Glad to see I'm not the only one who got a laugh out of the the 190mph claim.

Maybe they meant it was flown to the photoshoot in a plane doing 190?

Michelle

10-30-2008, 08:19 AM

I could do a lot better things with that kind of money.

LouBob

10-30-2008, 08:25 AM

http://www.confederate.com/confederate3/images/wraith/wraith-04.jpg

for that all important I got borred and had some scrap metal and a blow torch look.

TALLSWEDE

10-30-2008, 08:33 AM

The answer to a question nobody asked.

Kevin

poser

10-30-2008, 08:50 AM

from the title I thought it was going to be another v-strom thread.

oh and I think it looks cool

Teeds

10-30-2008, 12:21 PM

from the title I thought it was going to be another v-strom thread.

oh and I think it looks cool

I figured it was a picture of a butt ugly chopper with straight pipes.

I like it as well.

Edit: Well, it appears that it "might" have straight pipes as well

wonder91178

10-30-2008, 01:11 PM

I must be in the minority then, I dig it :trust:

Then again, I like a lot of the Confederate bikes.

Squidward

10-30-2008, 01:24 PM

I like it. Not nearly as much as I like the Wraith or the Hellcats(particularly the second gen). I absolutely loved riding both the 1st gen and the 2nd gen that my former co-worker owned. You really need to snag a ride on one to appreciate what they have built.

As for 190mph......probably not, but they did take a Wraith to 166.459 mph at Bonneville in the A-PF 2000cc push rod and unfaired class to beat the old record of 141 mph.

Besides, we all know that the Kawi powered Lamborghini motorcycle from 1986 is the World's Ugliest Motorcycle.
http://www.finecars.cc/typo3temp/GB/d5fa050029.jpg
Sweet flip up light.
http://www.lambocars.com/archive/highres/boxer.jpg

Kidder

10-30-2008, 01:24 PM

That Confederate isn't even close to being as ugly as that new Honda. And then there's the Victory Vision that's a close second to the Honda.

balleT REX

10-30-2008, 01:51 PM

Besides, we all know that the Kawi powered Lamborghini motorcycle from 1986 is the World's Ugliest Motorcycle.
http://www.finecars.cc/typo3temp/GB/d5fa050029.jpg
Sweet flip up light.
http://www.lambocars.com/archive/highres/boxer.jpg

Wow, those look like shellfish!

Chirpy

10-30-2008, 01:59 PM

The Hellcat was the end of the line for Confederate in my view. It's a true exercise in minimalism, and I think the last thing that J.T. Nesbitt actually got built before Katrina blew Confederate out of the Big Easy.

He did the Wraith prototype, but I don't think this is his. He stayed back in New Orleans with a design shop of his own (http://bienvillestudios.com).

One thing about the confederates. They make V-Stroms look beautiful. :mrgreen:

jbobiccus

10-30-2008, 11:38 PM

I'm totally serious when I say that I have no clue how anybody could comfortably ride that expensive booger. Somebody explain how that works without giving you back spasms. Just explain how to sit on it, period.:scratch:

I absolutely LOVE it. I'd have a little bit different seat machined for it, more of a vintage bicycle saddle shape, but other than that, beautiful.

Mark_M

11-01-2008, 01:16 AM

How can that be the world's ugliest motorcycle? People tell me the same thing about my V-Strom. :zen:

Yeah! I thought this thread would be full of pics of V-Strom's and V-Stroms' and V-Stroms :duck:

:popcorn:

TALLSWEDE

11-01-2008, 07:41 AM

For those coming here from another thread, it looks like you could put your shotguns in those fork legs. :trust:

Kevin

Gilk51

11-02-2008, 07:49 AM

Yeah! I thought this thread would be full of pics of V-Strom's and V-Stroms' and V-Stroms :duck:

Resistance is futile. :borg:

ortech66

11-02-2008, 08:42 AM

Who buys a bike from Neiman Marcus anyways?

javanino

11-02-2008, 09:12 AM

Who buys a bike from Neiman Marcus anyways?

People with more money than taste :lol2:

Janet

11-02-2008, 09:19 AM

When the Audi TT was first released in the US, it was released in the Neiman's Christmas catalog. It was another year before they were brought into dealerships. They sure sold a lot of them out of the Christmas book. I guess one could say, who would buy a car from Neiman's, but a lot of people did.

I'm totally serious when I say that I have no clue how anybody could comfortably ride that expensive booger. Somebody explain how that works without giving you back spasms. Just explain how to sit on it, period.:scratch:

If it was designed to look like grandpa's easy chair, then it would look like a Goldwing. It wasn't designed to be comfy, it wasn't designed to look like a crotch rocket, it wasn't designed to look like a Harley. So comparing it to any of those things is like trying to figure out who the heck would buy a Ducati 999r when you can't tour on it. It's not designed for it so tough cookies.